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Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Conference on Drought Management and Preparedness LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON DROUGHT MANAGEMENT AND PREPAREDNESS 14-16 August 2017 Hotel Radisson Santa Cruz de la Sierra Bolivia Working languages: Spanish and English BACKGROUND Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean Against this backdrop, the UNCCD Conference (LAC) region are highly vulnerable to drought. of Parties (COP12) requested the Secretariat This has been highlighted by the recent drought to improve partnerships to fostering capacity events in Bolivia, North East Brazil, Venezuela, development for national drought preparedness Chile and Peru, to name a few. The 2015/16 El planning, drought early warning, risk and Nino has been recognized as one of the most vulnerability assessments, and enhanced drought severe in recent decades and the impacts of risk mitigation. the extreme droughts are expected to linger well into 2017 and 2018. LAC countries, like Further to COP 12 in October 2015, the the majority of other drought-prone countries, first African Drought Conference was held continue to be inadequately prepared to cope in Windhoek, Namibia in August 2016. The with the recurring droughts. conference brought together Ministers, UNCCD National Focal Points (NFPs), various relevant International attention towards enhancing stakeholders and international experts to discuss drought preparedness has increased in recent ways to enhance drought resilience in Africa. years. A High-level Meeting on National The two major outcomes of the Conference are Drought Policy (HMNDP) was held in Geneva the Windhoek Declaration and the White paper in 2013. One of the distinct outcomes of the on strategic framework on Drought Resilient HMNDP was the UN-Water Initiative on a and Prepared Africa (DRAPA). The Windhoek series of capacity building regional workshops Declaration committed to the implementation of to support the development of national drought DRAPA at national level, guided by six principles: policy which were held in Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia-Pacific and Drought policy and governance for drought Africa (East and South, Near East and North, risk management; West and Central). Drought monitoring and early warning Drought vulnerability and impact In parallel with the HMNDP and the subsequent assessment; capacity-building regional workshops was the Drought mitigation, preparedness, and development and adoption (in March 2015) response; of the United Nations Sendai Framework for Knowledge management and drought Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030. The awareness; and Sendai Framework lays out four priorities Reducing underlying factors of drought risk. for nations to reduce risks from natural disasters: Understanding disaster risk; Strengthening disaster risk governance to manage disaster risk; Investing in disaster risk reduction for resilience; and Enhancing disaster preparedness for effective response and to “Build Back Better” in recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction. UNCCD, in close cooperation with the Government of Bolivia and the FAO, are co-hosting the Conference APPROACH AND OBJECTIVES The conference will comprise a 3-day meeting The main objectives of the conference are: of technical and policy experts with a high-level To raise the political momentum of segment of ministers on the third day. Agenda the LAC region on the issue of drought action and background documents including the preparedness and resilience to drought draft white paper will be circulated ahead of the events; conference and serve as the basis for discussion. To identify the specific needs and The meeting will identify and analyze the shortcomings as well as the good practices needs of LAC countries for effective drought in the region for mutual learning and mitigation and develop potential solutions for cooperation opportunity; and addressing these needs. Experts will be invited To move towards a regional strategic to present papers on different thematic areas framework for drought management to linked to droughts. The conference will include enhancing resilience that emphasizes presentations and discussion on what are a paradigm shift from “reactive” to considered the key elements of drought policies: “proactive” approaches. Early warning systems, vulnerability assessment and proactive risk mitigation measures, public outreach and resource stewardship as key elements of national drought policy; Greater collaboration to enhance the national/regional observation networks and information delivery systems to improve public understanding of, and preparedness for, drought; and Coordination of drought programmes and response in an effective, efficient and customer-oriented manner EXPECTED OUTCOMES AND FOLLOW-UP ACTION This conference leads towards the development Follow-up action will include supporting of national drought policies that aim at building countries (based on request) hands on training more drought resilient societies. The Conference using actual data on the basis of national will strengthen partnerships and cooperation training workshop to develop and implement to support the development of new and the national drought policies. improvement of existing national policies and strategies on drought management. THE PROGRAMME 14 AUGUST 2017 09:30 – 10:20 Opening Chair: Carlos Mauricio Fernández Mavrich Vice Ministry of Hydraulic Resources and Irrigation, Unit of Risk Management, Water Quality and Strategic Issues – Bolivia Welcome: Carlos René Ortuño Yáñez – Minister of Environment and Water (Bolivia) (10 min) Statement: Veysel Eroglu – COP12 President, Minister of Forestry and Water Affairs (Turkey) (10 min) Opening statement: Pradeep Monga – UNCCD Deputy Executive Secretary (10 min) Opening statement: Crispim Moreira – FAO Representative (Bolivia) (10 min) Opening statement: Elena Monaenkova – WMO Deputy Secretary-General (10 min) 10:20 – 10:50 Keynote Chair: Grinia Ávalos Director of climate prediction of the Perú National Meteorology and Hydrology Services, representing the Andean countries Keynote: Drought Preparedness: Where are we and what are the next steps? Mark Svoboda – Director of National Drought Mitigation Center, University of Nebraska, Lincoln (30 min) Coffee break/group photograph (30 min) 11:20 – 12:30 Setting the scene Chair: Adriana Cristin Aguilar Porras NFP of Costa Rica, representing the Central American Countries LAC regional conference on drought management and preparedness: background, rationale and UNCCD perspectives: Daniel Tsegai – UNCCD (20 min) Global Framework on Water Scarcity: Patricia Mejias Moreno – Water Resources Officer – Land and Water Division – FAO (20 min) Q&A (30 min) 12:30 – 13:30 Lunch break THE PROGRAMME 14 AUGUST 2017 13:30 – 14:50 Drought monitoring and early warning systems Chair: Luis Reyes Tatis NFP of the Dominican Republic, representing the Spanish speaking countries of the Caribbean and Haiti Keynote: Comprehensive drought early warning Systems and the state of the art: Robert Stefanski – Chief, Agricultural Meteorology – WMO (30 min) From the global agriculture drought monitoring to country level using geospatial information: Oscar Rojas – Natural Resources Officer – FAO (Panama) (15 min) CIIFEN Activities in support of an integrated drought management in Latin America, challenges and opportunities: Pilar Ycaza – Chief at Geo-spatial services Department (Centro Internacional para la Investigación del Fenómeno de El Niño) (15 min) Considering aspects of climate change in drought preparedness efforts, the Bolivian experience of climate resilience in the watershed plan: Javier Gonzales Iwanciw – Steering Committee and Lead Editor, South Node of Climate Capacity Nur University (Bolivia) (15 min) Q&A (25 min) Coffee break (20 min) 15:10 – 17:00 Vulnerability and impact assessments Chair: Pablo Viegas Aurelio NFP of Argentina, representing the Southern Cone countries Keynote: Vulnerability and impact assessment for drought: What are the challenges and opportunities? Jose Miguel Torrico – Regional Coordinator for LAC UNCCD (30 min) Dust storms, drought and desertification in the southwest of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina: Elena Maria Abraham– Director – Institute for Research on Arid Lands (Argentina) (15 min) Combating desertification and water scarcity in North East Asia (South Korean case) – Dongkyun Park – Consultant – Ministry of Environment and Water (Bolivia) (15 min) Q&A (30 min) 17:00 Evening reception To be confirmed with the host country THE PROGRAMME 15 AUGUST 2017 09:30 – 11:15 Mitigation and response Chair: Fitzgerald Providence NFP of San Vincent and the Grenadines, representing the English-speaking Caribbean countries Keynote: Drought risk mitigation measures: Patricia Mejias Moreno – Water Resources Officer – Land and Water Division – FAO (30 min) Lessons from water harvesting practices in Brazil: Valdemar Rodrigues – Director of Sustainable Rural Development and Desertification Combat – Ministry of Environment (Brazil) (15 min) Strengthening of institutional and community capacities for the generation of Brazilians to prolonged drought phenomena in the peninsula of La Guajira (Colombia): Harry Williams Villarraga – Coordinator of the Territorial Zona Norte – FAO (15 min) Elements of integrated drought management in Mexico: David Ortega – Water Engineer – Mexican Institute for Water Technology (15 min) Q&A (30 min) Coffee break (15 min) 11:30 – 13:00 Towards a common strategic Framework of Drought Preparedness for the LAC Region: Draft White Paper Chair: Pradeep Monga Speaker: Antonio Magalhaes – White
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